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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"fiber-reinforced elastomeric enclosures"”.
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Design and analysis of fiber reinforced elastomeric enclosures with application in upper arm orthosis
Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures (FREEs) are soft pneumatic actuators that deform in a predetermined fashion upon inflation. They are constructed using a hollow elastomeric cylinder reinforced by two families of helical fibers. This thesis analyzes the deformation behavior of FREEs by …
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Architectures of soft pneumatic actuators for wearable human assistive applications
… of soft pneumatic actuators known as Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures (FREEs) and studies the implication of wearing them as sleeves around the elbow joint. The first architecture is a helical arrangement of FREEs, which is shown to directionally modulate its stiffness. The …
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Design and analysis of a soft spiral gripper
… unique configurations of pneumatically actuated Fiber Reinforced Elastomeric Enclosures which has a range of motions like extension, rotation, contraction. This work presents a detailed analysis technique using Cosserat beam theory to estimate the normal contact force exerted by the spiral …
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Surrogate models for the design and control of soft mechanical systems
… stretchable skins, tissue-like appendages, fibers and fluids, and utilize material deformation to transmit forces or motion to perform a mechanical task. These systems may possess infinite degrees of freedom with finite modes of actuation and sensing, and this creates challenges in modeling, …
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Modeling and design of fiber reinforced pneumatic actuators for soft robotics applications
… soft actuators to generate force and/or motion. Fiber reinforced pneumatic actuators are one such example of soft actuators that are commonly used in soft robots. These actuators have the advantages of simple fabrication, high power to weight ratio, and an ability to produce a variety of …
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On the design, modeling, fabrication, and application of fiber-reinforced soft pneumatic actuators
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-14 without embargo terms